London PA - Prostitutes are to receive cash grants from the European Commission to help them get out of "the game" and find a better way of life. The scheme is part of a pounds 4. They are victims of social exclusion," said a Commission spokesman. The help they will receive ranges from counselling to encouragement to find alternative means of income to get them out of prostitution and into other forms of work. Only Viennese prostitutes need apply. The 85 other individual projects which will benefit from the cash involve other forms of "social exclusion".
In all, the Commission received nearly 2, applications for help under its scheme, with the highest number from the UK and Germany at about projects each.
He added: "I am delighted to have been able to supply such an excellent range of In many different and highly innovative ways, these projects will make their contributions to the fight against exclusion.
I hope they will inspire many new projects and measures throughout the member states. The Commission says it will be remaining in close contact with the beneficiaries of the cash to evaluate the projects so as to extract "the best possible benefit for excluded people and to draw valuable lessons". Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in Please refresh your browser to be logged in.
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